The tie for a Gaston City Council seat, which left David Gilbert, David Gray, Tim Hall, Chris Jeffries and Benjamin Wiley with two write-in votes each, will be decided by drawing names at the January 14 City Council meeting. Full story »

Gaston Jr/Sr High School students got a special visit from Sherwood High School Digital Design and Fabrication teacher John Niebergall and his 'Bowman Fab Lab' a mobile fabrication laboratory full of gadgets and supplies to help students design and make three-dimensional creations. (Kelsey O'Halloran/Forest Grove Leader) Full story »

Pacific University's College of Education is taking its enthusiasm for hands-on science and math learning to public elementary schools in the south metro and Salem areas, thanks to a grant for $580,198. Full story »

Gaston Jr/Sr High School students in Wade Sims' Engineering Concepts and wood shop classes have spent the past few weeks engineering and building wooden marble runs to donate to this year's KGW Great Toy Drive. Full story »